diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/Stores/CustomObjectConverter.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/Stores/CustomObjectConverter.cs
index 21402ce9..5f8cc00a 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/Stores/CustomObjectConverter.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/Stores/CustomObjectConverter.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace IPA.Config.Stores.Converters
             private static readonly GeneratedStore.GeneratedStoreCreator creator = GeneratedStore.GetCreator(typeof(T));
 
             public T FromValue(Value value, object parent)
-            { // lots of casting here, but it works i promise (parent can be a non-IGeneratedStore, however it won't necessarily behave then)
+            { // lots of casting here, but it works i promise (probably) (parent can be a non-IGeneratedStore, however it won't necessarily behave then)
                 var obj = creator(parent as GeneratedStore.IGeneratedStore) as U;
                 obj.Deserialize(value);
                 return obj;
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginManifest.cs b/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginManifest.cs
index ae621ea4..a545962e 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginManifest.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginManifest.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using SemVer;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using AlmostVersionConverter = IPA.JsonConverters.AlmostVersionConverter;
 using Version = SemVer.Version;
 
 namespace IPA.Loader
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/ApiEndpoint.cs b/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/ApiEndpoint.cs
index 18bcbd00..8062dbd8 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/ApiEndpoint.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/ApiEndpoint.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace IPA.Updating.BeatMods
             public Version Version;
 
             [JsonProperty("gameVersion"),
-             JsonConverter(typeof(AlmostVersionConverter))]
+             JsonConverter(typeof(JsonConverters.AlmostVersionConverter))]
             public AlmostVersion GameVersion;
 
             [Serializable]
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Utilities/AlmostVersion.cs b/IPA.Loader/Utilities/AlmostVersion.cs
index c23f0ba9..182c1371 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Utilities/AlmostVersion.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Utilities/AlmostVersion.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-using System;
+using IPA.Config.Data;
+using IPA.Config.Stores;
+using IPA.Config.Stores.Converters;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Version = SemVer.Version;
 
@@ -241,4 +244,27 @@ namespace IPA.Utilities
         /// <seealso cref="SemverValue"/>
         public static implicit operator Version(AlmostVersion av) => av?.SemverValue;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A <see cref="ValueConverter{T}"/> for <see cref="AlmostVersion"/>s.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class AlmostVersionConverter : ValueConverter<AlmostVersion>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a <see cref="Text"/> node into an <see cref="AlmostVersion"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">the <see cref="Text"/> node to convert</param>
+        /// <param name="parent">the owner of the new object</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public override AlmostVersion FromValue(Value value, object parent)
+            => new AlmostVersion(Converter<string>.Default.FromValue(value, parent));
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts an <see cref="AlmostVersion"/> to a <see cref="Text"/> node.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">the <see cref="AlmostVersion"/> to convert</param>
+        /// <param name="parent">the parent of <paramref name="obj"/></param>
+        /// <returns>a <see cref="Text"/> node representing <paramref name="obj"/></returns>
+        public override Value ToValue(AlmostVersion obj, object parent)
+            => Value.From(obj.ToString());
+    }
 }